An honest person gives because they truly care . In “I Am offering this poem “ , Jimmy Santiago Baca shows how a person doesn’t have to have money in order to provide a person in what they need. Black vs white , Conservative vs Liberal , Rich vs poor , In life people will discriminate you base on your gender or if you have money or not.…
An act of kindness can develop values for both the person receiving the aid and the person offering the support as well as community development. In this summary key points are discussed on altruism. The summary stems from an act of kindness, which was conducted by the author as a student of Capstone Course in Psychology/Psy 490. I presented money to a person who needed money for his or her next meal, without expecting anything in return. A person does not realize the degree of emotions involved in experiencing need nor true concern until he or she begins to offer support with no desire of reward.…
There seems to be an inexhaustible number of reasons that one person might go out of his way to assist another. One of the more interesting of these is to give to soothe one's conscience, or to avoid the guilt that comes with not offering help when you can. Ma Joad used this reason to feed the starving children at the first Hooverville they stayed at. She looked at those kids and tried to avoid giving them food so she could feed her family. Even Uncle Tom had a hard time eating his food with those hungry children looking on. Ma eventually soothed her conscience by giving the kids the dregs of the soup kettle, though she knew she should have given the entire helping to her family, as they had less than enough themselves.…
As people mention the virtue, generosity, they always conceive of an image of a wealthy philanthropist who donates his money to people in need. However, in my opinion, the concept of generosity exceeds the narrow connotation of giving to others, and not only can rich people become generous; rather, generosity comprises of empathy to share others’ feelings, magnanimous tolerance towards other people, and returning to them with kindness.…
“Selfishness comes from poverty in the heart, from the belief that love is not abundant.”-Don Miguel Ruiz…
The person who never give to others will be judged as selfish person, and at the end of life, everyone will forget this kind of person identity even he or she stand at the top level of career. As the author said, “Don’t worry about the level of individual prominence you have achieved; worry about the individuals you have helped become better…
In Debs’ speech “My Brother’s Keeper”, he argues that people have a moral obligation to help those who are suffering. He makes a valid point, because assisting people who are suffering is the way to maximize the amount of happiness in society and create a better society for everyone. Before the argument, we need to know why do we need to help people who are in need. According to the debate on moral Obligation,“Everyone must see the general happiness as valuable. Since morality is essentially a code of values to guide an individual’s actions, all individuals are morally obligated to increase the general happiness”(”Moral Obligation”).…
3. The proper method of judging when or whether one should help another person is by reference to one’s own rational self-interest and one’s own hierarchy of values: the time, money or effort one gives or the risk one takes should be proportionate to the value of the person in relation to one’s own happiness. What might the social and political outcome be if that approach were implemented? As far as a political outcome is concerned, I feel that this approach has already been implemented. Politicians only care about themselves and what they can get out of the deal, as power and greed take presence before the people…
According to “4 Amazing Health Benefits of Helping Others” by Leslie Goldman, she said “Doing good can be good for you, too”. So basically when good acts take place, literally the whole society benefits. “Each action has a cumulative effect. The more the nice things you do, the more people will respond positively toward you, and the better you’ll feel.”(Goldman). It has been stated that benefits of helping others: increases lifespan, provides oneself with greater happiness, provides sufferers from disease with better pain management and lowers blood pressure. Moreover, “Volunteering may offer an opportunity to establish more social connections and form new bonds with people who care about you and motivate you to take care of…
Before, I was all about myself, I knew what I needed and knew what to do to get what I needed. But since I have had this experience I have decided that giving is the life for me. I now see that I am not the only person in the world that has needs, and I am also not the only person in the world who struggles to meet said needs. And I believe that if I lead the rest of my life giving, I could inspire someone else to give, too. Luther was all it took to start the peasant revolt. That alone is enough proof that if one mind changes, several will follow after it. If we all become giving citizens maybe we can all find our inner…
In our current society, there is the expectation of having more and more. It could be something as simple as a material good, or it could go beyond that where we want to have the whole world in the palm of our hands. There is not necessarily something wrong with that, but then there’s the question of, “How much is too much?” At what point does an individual have enough? How can an individual be fulfilled? As a Christian, I’m constantly reminded that a Christian is that who gives without expecting nothing, however, in today’s world giving has become very difficult.…
Titmuss was an early pioneer of the ethical model and proposed that “policy analysis was “the critique of the ends – that is, the discussion of what are the right things to want?” Mayer (1985:54). He believed that distributive justice should be emphasised and there should be “..the distribution of material and social benefits based on people’s needs as well as their efforts.” Titmuss in Mayer (1985:54). He argued that members of a society need to be able to engage in what he called the gift relationship, a term he used to describe altruism. “The gift relationship is one in which one gives something of value to a stranger…thereby eliminating any possibility of reciprocity, which is the motivation for self-interested action.” Titmuss in Mayer…
Feeling good about spending money on someone else rather than for personal benefit may be a universal response among people in both impoverished countries and rich nations, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.…
"That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only which gives everything its value."-Thomas Paine…
“The human heart has ever dreamed of a fairer world than the one it knows.”- Carleton Noyes…